The Crimson looks to increase its number of NCAA qualifiers
up from a program-best 20 in 2012-13 (Photo: The Ivy League).

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Jason Saretsky, The William W.
“Bill” McCurdy Director of Track and Field/Cross
Country, announced that 17 men will be joining the ranks of the
Harvard cross country and track and field teams for the 2013-14
season. Six members of the incoming class will bolster the cross
country roster, and will join the other 11 newcomers for the indoor
and outdoor track and field seasons.

“I am thrilled with the incoming men’s class of
freshmen,” said Saretsky. “Over the past few years, our
recruiting has been among the best in the nation and this
year’s men’s class is again a stellar group. There
is a tremendous amount of talent and I look forward to supporting
all of our student-athletes as they pursue their athletic and
academic goals here at Harvard.”

The 17 freshmen will join teams on the rise, as the Crimson
experienced great success in 2012-13. Cross country saw two runners
qualify for the NCAA championships, and the men’s track and
field squad took third at indoor Heps and fifth at the outdoor
competition. The third-place result at indoor Heps marked the
men’s best result since 1985. The men also saw nine
student-athletes qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary meet, and
teamed with the women to produce the most NCAA preliminary
qualifiers in programs history (18).

New England prep school champion and Independant School League
(ISL) champion in the javelin ... Was the starting running back for
the football team all four years of high school ... Holds the
NEPSTA Division I javelin record.
Kevin Chen, Track & Field, Chestnut Hill, Mass./Boston Latin
School Four-year letterwinner in track and field … Also
lettered in baseball and football … Track and field captain
junior and senior years … Graduated as Dual County League
record holder and school record holder in 55-meter dash
(6.54)… Dual County League 55-meter dash Champion …
All-state in 55-meter dash senior year … Dual County League
first team all-star in track and field and baseball … Member
of National Honor Society in 2012

Captain of cross country, indoor track and outdoor track teams
junior and senior seasons … Named an indoor track
All-American as a junior … Graduated as school record holder
in the 4x800m relay, 1,600, 3,200, and 5,000 … Earned
all-state accolades sophomore through senior seasons in cross
country … All-New England junior year indoor and outdoor
track and senior year for cross country … National Honor
Society president … 2012 AP scholar … Fairfield book
award recipient in 2012

David Fan, Track & Field, Shoreline,
Wash./Shorewood
Lettered all four years for track and field and was team captain
for two seasons … Track Freshman of the Year in 2010
… Track MVP in 2011 and 2013 … WESCO league champion
in the 100 in 2011-13 … Member of the National honors
society from 2009-13

Lettered in cross country and soccer at East High School
… Named to the All-Colorado Running team … Named
Colorado 5A Runner of the Year and Colorado Runner of the Year
… Colorado 5A State Champion … Named Gatorade
Colorado Runner of the Year

A four-year member of the cross country and track and field
teams at Bishop Feehan … Named team MVP in 2012 and 2013
… Massachusetts Division II All-Academic All-Star …
Indoor track EAC All-Star in 2011 and 2012 … Sun
Chronicle All-Star from 2011-13 … High School
Valedictorian... AP Scholar … National Merit Finalist
… Also a history, English, math, science, and Spanish honor
societies

Lettered all four years in track and field and also two years in
soccer … Won the SIC All-Academic Award three times …
Sprinter of the Year award recipient in 2011 and 2012 …
Two-time state champion in the 400 and state/school record holder
in the 400 at 47.97 … Also owns state and school record in
the 4x400 relay at 3:18.63 … National Honors Society member
from 2011-13 … Candidate for 2013 United States Presidential
Scholars program … AP scholar with honors …
Presidential education award winner in 2013

Alex Kirby, Track & Field, Cambridge,
Mass./Cambridge Rindge and Latin Ran indoor and outdoor track and also played soccer at
Cambridge Rindge and Latin … Two-time captain of indoor and
outdoor track and field teams … Four-time Greater Boston
League (GBL) all-star and GBL 400 hurdles champion as a senior
… Division and state champion in 4x200 relay in 2013 and
Boston Globe 4x200 relay all-scholastic honoree …
Cambridge Rindge and Latin Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior
… Four-time GBL team champions … Harvard Book Award
recipient (2012) … National Honor Society member from
2012-13 … Co-founder and vice president of campus Habitat
for Humanity chapter … Father, Peter Kirby ’84, and
grandfather, William Kirby ’47, both attended Harvard

Thomas Negron, Cross Country, Moseley, Va./Cosby Lettered in cross country and track at Cosby and served
as team captain for both as a senior … All-district cross
country runner as a junior and senior … Six-time
all-district indoor (1,000, 3,200, 4x400 and 4x800), three-time
all-region indoor (1,000 and 4x800) … Indoor district champ
(1,000) as a junior and regional 4x400 champion as a senior
… New Balance Nationals Indoor Emerging Elite SMR Champion
as a senior … Four-time outdoor district champion and
all-region honoree (800, 4x400 and 4x800) … Graduated with
school records in 1,000, 4x800 and 4x400 (indoors) and 800 and
4x800 (outdoors) … National AP Scholar and National Hispanic
Recognition Program Scholar … Recipient of Woodmen of the
World U.S. History Award and West Point Society Leadership Award
… Member of National Honor Society and National Spanish
Honor Society … Founder of Reach Out Richmond and Ministry
to the Homebound

Julian Nunally, Track & Field, Chattanooga,
Tenn./McCallie
Member of the varsity track and field team for three years and
varsity football team for three years … Served as a captain
for both teams … Earned the most points of anyone on the
team in track during senior season … Down Under
Sports All-American … Regional champion in shot put as
a sophomore … State champion in discus junior year and shot
put senior year … All-state offensive lineman senior year
football … National Achievement Finalist for top 1% of
African Americans nationally

Four-year member of cross country and track and field teams
… 2013 league course record holder (1,600) … 2012
cross country Academy league champion and MVP… Led team to
Division Five state championship two times … Four-time
all-league first team, three-time all-CIF Division five, two time
all-state and 2012 all-county first team … 2012 cross
country team captain and 2013 track team captain

Andrew Roney, Track & Field, Mahomet,
Ill./Mahomet-Seymour
Four-year letterwinner in track and field and three-year
letterwinner in football … Served as football team captain
as a senior … All-state and all-conference pole vault honors
in 2012 and 2013 … Helped track and field team to three
straight conference championships (2010-12) and back-to-back
sectional titles (2011 and 2012) … Area Meet record holder
in the pole vault … Illinois/Iowa/Wisconsin All-Star Meet
participant … Earned All-Midwest accolades … Science
Olympiad county champion … Member of the National Honor
Society and the freshman mentor program in 2012 and
2013

Elliot Safo, Track & Field, Caterham, Surrey, England/Trinity
School
Track and Field captain from 2005-12… Also played rugby and
was a member of the swim team … Named to the British U20
National Team for the 2013 European Championships … 2011
European Youth Olympic champion for long jump … 2011
Commonwealth Youth Games two-time silver medalist in long jump and
4X100m relay … Indoor and Outdoor U20 National champion in
2012 for long jump … Took sixth in the long jump at the 2012
World Junior Championships … Received the Duke of Edinburgh
bronze award in 2008

Hunter Simmons, Track & Field, Coto De Caza,
Calif./Tesoro
Won varsity MVP and varsity Most Valuable Sprinter as a freshmen
… Broke 100 and 200 record in his first track meet …
Broke 100 and 200 records again as a sophomore … Was ranked
third-fastest sophomore in California for 100 and 10th
fastest sophomore in the nation … Team captain sophomore
through senior year for track and field and a captain in 2009 for
the football team … Named Offensive Player of the Year award
his sophomore season and helped lead the football team to a 10-0
season as a freshman

Team captain for cross country, indoor and outdoor track from
2011-13 … Team MVP from 2011-13 … Third team
all-state cross country in 2011 and 2012 … Member of the
cross country city champion team in 2010, second place in 2011 and
individual city champion in 2012 … PSAL 3,200 indoor city
champion in 2012 and 2013 … Graduated with school records in
4k (cross country) and mile

Five-year member and team captain of the track and field team
… Also participated in rugby and soccer in high school
… Served as captain of Hertfordshire County track and field
team and Team London in UK School Games … Selected to
represent Great Britain at the 2013 European Junior Championships
… Also represented Great Britain juniors at Loughborough
International and Mannheim International Games and the Celtic Cup
… Two-time English Schools and England Athletics triple jump
champion (2009, 2011) and long jump champ in 2012 …
Represented London in Gothenburg Youth Cup soccer tournament
… Graduated as UK School Games triple jump record holder
… Placed third in the Target 2.0 economics competition
Joshua Whitener, Track & Field, Dallas, Ga./North
Paulding
Competed in the shot put and discus, lettering four years at North
Paulding … Also lettered in cross country freshmen year
… Junior Olympic All-American in 2011 and 2012 for the
hammer throw … Indoor All-American in the weight throw in
2013 … All-state for indoor track and field in 2013 …
Indoor Track Athlete of the Year for Georgia in 2013 …
Member of the National Honor Society for 2012 and 2013